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Operation Eagle Claw 1980: The disastrous bid to end the Iran hostage crisis

By Justin W. Williamson, Jim Laurier (Illustrator), Johnny Shumate (Illustrator), Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
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By Justin W. Williamson, Jim Laurier (Illustrator), Johnny Shumate (Illustrator), Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
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A fully illustrated history of the disastrous 1980 attempt to rescue the 53 US Embassy hostages in Tehran, which involved the new Delta Force and a complex series of airlifts, hides and refueling stops in the Iranian desert.

Following months of negotiations after the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran on November 4 1979, President Jimmy Carter ordered the newly formed Delta Force to conduct a raid into Iran to free the hostages. The raid, Operation Eagle Claw, was risky to say the least. US...

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HistoryMiddle Eastern HistoryIran - History